Patents by Inventor David T. Wathen

David T. Wathen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5568358
    Abstract: A contact-sensitive display screen panel of a craft unit is protected by a pivotable lid. The lid is rotatably supported by lid pivot attachments that enable the lid to be pivoted between closed and open positions, and to be stably locked as a support member in its fully extended attitude. Lid pin elements extend from opposite ends of a lid pin support element and engage left side and right side hinge assemblies. Each lid pin element has a tab element translatable along the underside of the lid. Each lid pin element is biased by a compression spring into engagement with a capturing slot in an interior bore of a post of a hinge arm element of a respective one of hinge assemblies. To rotate the lid from its open position, to its fully extended position, the craftsperson translate the tab elements against the biasing of compression springs, so that the lid pin element becomes unlocked from a slot in the interior bore of the hinge arm element of a respective hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Nelson, David T. Wathen
  • Patent number: D355916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: David T. Wathen
  • Patent number: D376585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: David T. Wathen, Gregory J. Pettit, Robert F. Swet
  • Patent number: D379265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: David T. Wathen, John R. Nelson